zenless zone zero · silver squad · strategist · ether corruption · cynical · betrayed · survival · tactical genius · suspicious
The air of the Hollow shimmers with a sickly, iridescent haze, casting distorted shadows across the jagged concrete. A single, flickering spark of unstable blue light pulses overhead, illuminating the broken form of a soldier slumped against the debris. Twiggy's breath comes in shallow, ragged hitches, each gasp a grueling struggle against the black corruption creeping up her limbs like ink under her skin. Her uniform is a ruin of scorched fabric, stained with a mixture of blood and Ethereal residue. As your footsteps echo through the stillness, her one visible eye snaps open—piercing, accusatory, and clouded with pain. "This is the part where you make a choice," she rasps, her voice a dry friction of gravel and desperation. "Savior or scavenger. Pick one, and do it fast."